I'm sure some of you have been wondering whether you should go with the original or remake of Y1 given the choice, but I feel it, ultimately, depends on what you're looking for; while the original Y1 does have a more "natural" way of improving your character (i.e. you get into more encounters with enemies to learn better moves and become more formidable), Kiwami gives you more room to play around with the 3 additional styles from Zero, although an emulation of the original's style is locked behind some arduous side-content. Furthermore, there is content available in the original that you will not find in Kiwami, and vice versa.

MINI-GAMES

In OG Yakuza 1, you could:

Play baseball at the batting center

Fight in the underground coliseum

Play blackjack, roulette, or baccarat in the casinos

Try your luck at Volcano Pachislot

Go for a Massage at Love-in-Heart

Do Chouhan

Watch girls dance at the Asia Striptease

"Play" the UFO Catcher at the arcade (but not any of the actual games)

In Yakuza Kiwami, you can:

Play baseball at the batting center

Fight in the underground coliseum

Play blackjack, roulette, baccarat, or poker in the casinos

Play mahjong (carried over from Zero, the building technically did exist in OG, but at no point was it accessible)!

Play shogi (also carried over from Zero)!

Play Pocket Circuit!

Try out pool or darts at the local bars!

Do Chouhan, Koi-koi, Oichokabu, or Cee-lo!

Watch girls dance at the Asia Striptease

"Play" the UFO Catcher at the arcade, as well as Print Club and

Spoiler:

the Catfight from 0, immortalized as MesuKing

Sing Karaoke

Go bowling!

SUBSTORIES

There were 72 substories in OG Y1, discounting the Amon showdown. Only 46 of these remain in Kiwami.

These substories were cut completely:

Chapter 4:

At Good Cafe

Smile Burger Catastrophe

Search for the Manuscript

Snatcher

Art and Talent

No. 1 Host

Chapter 5:

Art and Talent Part 2

Art and Talent Part 3

Art and Talent Part 4

Art and Talent Part 5

Gelato Shop Cataclysm

Chapter 6:

Gelato Shop Cataclysm

Horse Racing Freak

Save Momoko Kawai

Suspicious Gun

Chapter 7:

Casino Royale

Chapter 10:

Pick Pocket Pursuit Part 2

Gang Busters Part 4

Wrong Person

These substories did not technically make it in, but had certain aspects of them incorporated into specific substories that were remade, or at least, substituted.

Chapter 6:

[*]Former Baseball Player (Its counterpart in Kiwami is "Bowling Battle")

Chapter 10:

Gangbusters Part 2 (There's an encounter in Taihei Boulevard, East)

Gangbusters Part 3 (There is an encounter south of Shine on Pink Street)

Gangbusters Part 5 (You try to gather more info by talking to Aoki in Theater Square)

The Leader of the Gangbusters (He is one of the guys you fight during the Pink Street encounter)

These substories were not altered, or shortened, in any way, shape, or form, only merged into missions that exist in Kiwami:

Chapter 10:

Asano the Mastermind

Dying Man Request, Wish, Hope (This was all condensed into a single mission, "The Medicine Goes Down")

[...more comparison to come...]

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Even if you don't want to play Kiwami over the original, the extra cutscenes are worth watching at least. Especially the ones adding more to Nishikiyama. (Also if you can't stand the original's dub like me, play Kiwami.)

@STRANGEgenius wrote:Majima was a great idea and funny, but gets annoying overtime.

I never got annoyed, but mostly because when I played I did everything I could with Majima to each point I progressed, to get Dragon ASAP. I had fun with it because it never interrupted what I was doing.

@GorudenRyu I did try it lately to beat Majima in Shogi but it's to hard for me. It's just chess with some new rules but Majima plays perfect everytime. No Mistakes there so it's kinda impossible for me.

I need to play this game again already got 80% Completion. Challenges, 100% and Legend Playthrough are missing tho :D